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> Vox Humana > wrote:
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> > Why reinvent the wheel? You can get two pounds of active dry yeast for
> > about $3.50 - maybe less if you shop around. Like anything else, using
the
> > right tools and right ingredients results in a better product with less
> > effort.
>
> I'm not sure I understand your comments.
>
> I'm researching techniques used to propagate and maintain a yeast
> culture for breadmaking, and synergies with other craft activities
> (viz. homebrewing). A wholistic approach, perhaps.
>
> If you think it is not possible to be self-sufficient in yeast for
> baking, perhaps you might like to clarify and elaborate on your
> opinion. Always interested to hear another baker's views. :-)
>
> Regarding the cost of yeast, which you mention in your post. If
> cost alone was the criteria used for baking bread, I may as
> well rely on the corporations completely and retire from the craft.
>

You simply said that you wanted to become self-sufficient and did not
mention any other benefit from doing so. I pointed out that yeast is so
inexpensive that it wouldn't be worth the bother. Now if you said that you
wanted to make bread with some special quality not possible with commercial
yeast, that would be a different matter. Of course I know that it is
possible, and that many people bake bread using the starter that have been
cultivating for years. I guess I wonder why stop with the yeast?
Why not grown your own wheat, gather water from a stream, evaporate sea
water for salt, and make your own wood fired oven? It might be an
interesting intellectual exercise, but life is too short to fool around
reinventing the wheel, in my opinion.